James willard morris



(No Model.)

J. W. MORRIS.

SHUTTER FAS-TENER.

, 310.427.3 15. Patented May 6, 1890.

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JAMES \VILLARD. MORRIS, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

SHUTTER-FASTENER.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,345, dated May 6, 1890.

Serial No. 318,942. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES IVILLARD MOR- MS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Shutter-Fasten ers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to safety shutter-fasten ersthat is, shutter-fasten ers which cannot be unlatched from the outside when the shutter is closed.

The'object of my invention is to producea cheap and efiicient safety shutter-fastener of few parts, capable of being readily assembled and secured in position in the shutter, and which will not be liable to become displaced or get out of order.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a partial sectional elevation of a shutter to which my fastener is applied, said fastener being shown in place therein with one section of the inclosing-shell for the catches removed. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of said shutter, the catches being shown in top plan view by sectioning the shell on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the sill-catch and shell. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the wallcatch and shell. Fig. 5 is an interior view of the shell-section which receives the sill-catch, taken with the interior recess in the vertical plane; and Fig. 6 is an interior view of the shell-section which receives the wall-catch, taken with the interior recess in the horizontal plane.

In the drawings, A represents the shutter. B represents the window-sill, and O the wall. Ordinary keepers D and E are located, respectively, on the window-sill and wall.

The shutter is provided with a hole or bore of proper size adapted to receive a shell formed in two sections, one section F designed to receive the sill-catch G and the other sec tion H designed to receive the Wall catch I. Each section of the shell is formed or cast entirely independent of the other. The sections are combined and secured in place by means of the nail J, which passes from the edge of the shutter inward through holes cast in the shell-sections, and thence into the wood-work of the shutter beyond. Upon this nail J the gravity locking-catches G and I are mounted, the catch G being wholly within the shell-section F and having a projection K. The catch I is wholly within the shell-section I-I, except the lateral projection L, which extends into the shell-section F in the path of the projection K, abovc referred to. The shell-section F at one end is cast solid or is provided with a web, the object being to prevent access to the sill-catch from the outside. The. shell-section H is formed with a guard h, which approaches the hub of the wall-catch very closely, and thereby aids in preventing tampering with the sill-catch from the outside.

It will be seen that by the arrangement of parts above described it will be impossible to tamper with or unlatch the catch G from its keeper D when the shutter is closed from the outside, as the solid or Web portion of the shell-section F protects it, and as the straight bottom of the catch I, resting upon the straight surface 1) of shellsection II, prevents sufficient downward motion of said catch I to operate the catch G to release it from its keeper. The unlatching of the catch I from its keeper when the shutter is opened is readily performed by depressing the catch G, the lateral projection K of which, striking the tooth L of the catch I, will raise the notched end of said catch from its keeper, and thus free the same, when the shutter may be moved in.

The parts of my shutter-fastener are readily assembled, all that is necessary to be done being to locate the catch G in its section of the shell and the catch I in its section and to place the two sections together and insert them in the bore of the shutter, and when in this position driving in the nail J through the edge of the shutter at a determined point, so that it will pass through the holes in the shell section and through the holes in the hubs of the catches, as shown in Fig. 2. The shell of the catches may be cast and produced at low cost.

What I claim is 1. In a shutter-fastener, the combination, with a shell and a catch, of an independent piece adapted to secure the shell and catch in place in the shutter and afford a pivot for the catch, substantially as set forth.

2. In a shutter-fastener, the combination of a shell formed in two sections, a sill-catch and Wall-catch located one Within each of said shell-sections, and coacting" projections on said catches, substantially as specified.

3. In a shutter-fastener, the combination of the shell formed in two sections, a sill-catch and Wall-catch located each in one of said sections, and a nail or spindle for securing said shell and catches in operative position, substantially as specified.

4. In a shutter-fastener, the combination of a shell or casing formed in two sections, a catch I, provided With projection L, a catch G, provided with projection K, and a nail or spindle for securing said parts in the shutter WVitnesse s:

D. H. DRISCOLL, I. C. BENNETT. 

